Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Senior Pentagon Reporter covering national security for Jane’s obtained a copy of the internal survey sent out at the @StateDept as part of Secretary Tillerson’s “listening tour” through Insigniam.

.@StateDept@Bloomberg 3. As part of the cuts State has issued $1.1 M worth of contracts to a small biz called @Insigniam which is conducting survey of State staff

And then John Hudson, who used to be with @ForeignPolicy and now the Foreign Affairs Correspondent for @BuzzFeedNews writes that the survey feels like Office Space, so he came up with all sorts of GIFs (must see, by the way). We thanked John for the GIFs; frankly, we don’t know where to store our laughing teardrops.

John Hudson also asked the State Department for comments, but the now famous Mark Stroh — who is just doing his job — and whose press shop now refuses to acknowledge or respond to inquiries from this blog — came back with an exclamation point!

"Respectfully this is an internal survey!" spokesperson Mark Stroh said in an email when asked. https://t.co/VQnzUdY91d

What if you can’t come up with a word cloud? To borrow what FBI Director Comey said the other day on teevee, “Lordy, that would be really bad.” So we’ve decided that we all deserve a million dollar word cloud. Here you go. You’re welcome!

Former GOP Rep. Mark Green is the Trump administration’s expected pick to lead the United States Agency for International Development, but has struggled to close a deal with the Trump administration, according to four sources with knowledge of the talks.
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Green has been frustrated by his dealings with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other Trump officials, the sources said. In addition to wanting the title of USAID administrator, Green is also seeking to be named to a high-ranking position in the State Department. And he is seeking promises that Trump won’tdismantle USAID or make it a subsidiary of the State Department, a move that’s feared by people in international development circles as a way to sideline foreign aid.

Green made the case to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus that he wanted the dual title of USAID administrator and a deputy slot with an office on the 7th floor, and was led to believe that the White House had given him those terms for accepting the job, according to a source close to State.

Trump's USAID pick Mark Green stuck in the mud – he's been unable to get promises that Trump won't gut the agency: https://t.co/yVCvljCCTz